Guest Speakers and Masterclass Tutors Meet our Guest Authors We attract an exciting range of interesting guest authors and industry experts to talk to you. 2020 Jane Shemilt Author Talk: Character CL Taylor Novel Nights Book Club Lucy Atkins Novel Nights Book Club Trevor Wood Novel Nights Book Club June Nikki Smith Novel Nights Book Club Mimi Thebo Author Talk: Writing in lockdown Abbie Greaves Book Club Gilly Macmillan Book Club Tracy Darnton Book Club Amanda Craig Book Club UK and USA Writers' Showcase Meet our Guest Authors, Agents, Bloggers & Masterclass Tutors. 2019 Chris Wakling Dialogue and Scene Building Juliet Pickering What does an author need to do? Emma Smith Barton & Kesia Lupo Writing YA & Publishing Jane Corry How to write twists & take the reader by surprise Caroline Ambrose Success in novel competitions Vanessa Gebbie Masterclass: Flash Fiction Susan Elkerkin Masterclass: Show Not Tell and Narrative Arc Cynan Jones World Building with Cynan Jones Ben Smith Finding your story through landscape Tim Clare The Three Pillars of Writing Bliss Susanna Wadeson How to make your book stand out from the crowd Vanessa Gebbie Masterclass: Flash Fiction 2018 Tom Vowler Success with Short Stories Dr Mimi Thebo Memoir and fiction Gerard Woodward Short stories and novels Jon Woolcott, Little Toller Press The business of books Gavin James Bower Scriptwriting Sanjida Kay On how to plot Tessa Hadley In conversation with Tessa Hadley Tyler Keevil Music, Inspiration, and the muse Emily Koch How to research for fiction Kylie Fitzpatrick The First Novel Alice Jolly Recovering Lost Voices Lucy English Workshop: The Hero’s Journey Nikesh Shukla Writing & Persistence Xan Brooks Telling Other People’s Stories Lucy English Poetry and the novel 2017 Susan Elderkin Reading fiction Dionne McCulloch Ask The Editor, Cornerstones Gilly Macmillan Writing a page-turner Dan Jeffries DIY making a book KM Elkes Writing short fiction Stephen May Writing about family relationships Martine McDonagh Writing about family relationships Richard Jones The Independent publishing world Tom Henry Ghostwriting Rosemary Dun Writing Romantic Comedy Celia Brayfield on Writing Historical Fiction 2016 Dr Mimi Thebo Finding Your Voice Tobias Jones Inventing your own Language Sanjida Kay on psychological thrillers Lucy Robinson The road to publication Debbie Young on marketing Dan Jeffries on marketing A.A. Abbott On marketing Babs Horton Image Q and A with Carrie Kania, literary agent, Conville & Walsh READ MORE Carrie Kania Q and A with Carrie Kania, literary agent, Conville & Walsh 2015 C.L. Taylor on genre and theme Juliet Pickering Literary agent, Blake Friedman Mike Manson on co-founding Bristol Short Story Prize Nikesh Shukla on comedy & social media Kate Johnson Literary Agent WolfLit Lu Hersey on YA Fiction Stefan Mohamed on YA Fiction Eugene Lambert on YA Fiction Tania Hershman on Short Stories Pat Ferguson on Bristol Festival of Literature Gareth L Powell on Noir / Sci-fi 2014 Sanjida Kay Lucy English Alan Snow Helen Hart Nathan Filer Lily Forbes Anna Freeman Sarah Hilary Jane Shemilt Lu Hersey